Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brayden Point is progressing well from his lower-body injury and is still in play to represent Canada at The Winter Olympics, TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston reports.

Johnston reports that Team Canada is not currently looking at making an injury replacement for the tournament.

“Well, it didn’t look too good when he went down with that injury in Philadelphia earlier in the month,” said Johnston Tuesday on Insider Trading. “What I can tell you since then is that the news has gotten at least a little bit more encouraging. At this point in time, it is fully Point’s intention to get himself back healthy and get himself ready to play for Team Canada in Milan.

“There’s only a week and a half until the players fly over there, so he’s going to have to continue to make progress [and] perhaps even get into a game for the Lightning. But at this point in time, we’re not talking about an injury replacement. We’re talking about Point getting healthy enough in time to play for Canada.”

Point, 29, sustained the injury during the Lightning’s 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Jan. 12 when he got tangled up with Flyers defenceman Cam York in front of the Flyers’ net after scoring.

The 5-foot-11 centre immediately grabbed his right leg in pain and needed help getting off the ice while being unable to put weight on the injured leg.

Point has 11 goals and 30 points in 37 games this season and was on a hot streak before the injury, putting up eight goals and 19 points since the beginning of December.

The Calgary native was announced as one of Canada’s first six roster players in June.

Point’s injury highlighted a handful of injury concerns for Team Canada as the Winter Olympics rapidly approach, with Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson, New York Islanders centre Bo Horvat, and Florida Panthers winger Brad Marchand recently returning from injuries.

The men’s hockey portion of the Winter Olympics is set to begin on Feb. 11 with Canada kicking off their round-robin portion of the tournament against Czechia the following day.

Tampa Bay sits in first place in the Atlantic Division heading into Wednesday’s action with a 33-14-4 record and are one point ahead of the Detroit Red Wings.